"The need of expansion is as genuine an instinct in man as the need in a plant for the light, or the need in man himself for going upright. The love of liberty is simply the instinct in man for expansion." ~ Matthew Arnold

"You can do little about the length of your life, but you can do much about its width and depth." ~ H.L. Mencken

"If you put yourself in a position where you have to stretch outside your comfort zone, then you are forced to expand your consciousness." ~ Les Brown

"People who exercise their freedom day after day, little by little, expand that freedom. People who do not will find that it withers until they are literally 'being lived.' [That is, until] they are acting out scripts written by parents, associates and society." ~ Stephen Covey